Election 97

Oxford East

Current MP Andrew Smith
Conservative 97 10,540
Labour 97 27,205
LibDem 97 7,038
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 1,703
Elected party
Oxford East

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Oxford East
Conservative 92 16,718
Labour 92 25,031
LibDem 92 6,971
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 1,112
Elected party Labour

If Oxford is a city of 'town and gown', then Oxford East represents Oxford 'town'. The constituency of the university is Oxford West and Abingdon. Here in the east we find the Rover car plant and sprawling council estates. Close in to the city centre is more academic Oxford, but overall the mix of liberal academics and hard-working industrial neighbourhoods swung to Labour in 1992 and seems destined to remain Labour in 1997.


Super Profiles

957 2.57 9.03 28
6,038 16.22 11.17 145
4,258 11.44 11.25 102
5,804 15.59 14.70 106
6,760 18.16 10.45 174
96 0.26 2.81 9
635 1.71 8.01 21
5,615 15.08 15.25 99
3,745 10.06 7.13 141
2,345 6.30 10.17 62